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Masquerades Invade Mosque In Ondo Community, Beat Up Imam And His Wives

..King of Oke Agbe ordered Imam to bring nine goats,seven sheep and 200 pieces of kolanuts as fines

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June 16, 2025
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Masquerades have invaded a mosque in Oke Agbe Akoko, Akoko Morth Local Government Area of Ondo State, beat up the Imam of the mosque and his wives.

The masquerades whose number could not be ascertained invaded the mosque on Thursday, 12th June, 2025.

During the invasion, the masquerades beat up the Imam, his wives and children and inflicted injuries on other worshippers within the mosque premises .

The incident has sparked condemnation within and around Oke Agbe Akoko.

Meanwhile, the attack has been condemned by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

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The Islamic human rights organization described the attack as another evidence of increased anti-Muslim proclivities which Muslims now face in Yorubaland.

MURIC called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the culprits.

MURIC’s reaction was contained in a statement issued on Monday, 16th June, 2025 by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

“We strongly condemn this attack. It is weird, irrational and barbaric.

“This attack is another evidence of increased anti-Muslim proclivities which Muslims now face in Yorubaland.

“To add salt to injury, the king of the town imposed fines on the Muslim victims after the attack allegedly because the Muslim women ‘screamed and cursed the masquerades while they were being beaten instead of crying and begging.

“The Imam and his wives were therefore ordered to bring nine goats, seven sheep and 200 pieces of kolanuts as fines not later than Monday 16th June, 2025 (today) or they would all be banished from the city while no one should practice Islam in the area henceforth. Nothing was said about the masquerades who attacked the women.

“MURIC regards this as a miscarriage of justice.

“The king’s judgement stands in contradiction to the principles of natural justice.

“This is 21st century Nigeria and we are supposed to be in a democracy for crying out loud. It is crude, archaic, parochial and draconian. This fine must not stand.

“We demand justice for the Muslim victims. We urge the Ondo State Government to curb the excesses of the king of Oke Agbe Akoko.

“Nothing must happen to the Imam, his wives and children. That banishment order must be rescinded.*

“Besides, a case of assault occasioning harm has been established.

“We urge the Ondo State Police Command to arrest and prosecute the attackers.

“They are neither anonymous nor ghosts because their leaders are well known.

“We commend the police in Oke Agbe for making it possible for the Muslims to observe the Friday prayer the next day even when there were attempts to stop them.

“We implore the police to ensure that this case is not swept under the carpet.

“Injustice anywhere is an invitation to injustice everywhere and the culprits in the valley today may become the helpless victims on the hills tomorrow. That is the paradoxical cycle of injustice.

“The masquerades of Oke Agbe have just confirmed our fears about the fate of Muslims in the South West.

“Yorubaland has become another Siberia for Yoruba Muslims.

“It is persecution galore. The number of cases reported to MURIC on a daily basis is alarming.

“Yoruba Muslims face political marginalisation via deprivation of political appointments at both federal and state levels.

“They are impoverished with economic strangulation through denial of jobs.

“A robust curriculum vitae coupled with a Muslim name is a sure way to join the army of unemployed youths in Yorubaland. The statistics are staggering.

“Yoruba Muslim students are traumatized with educational repression by denying them admission to study attractive courses like medicine, engineering, accountancy, etc.

“They are downpressed with social ostracisation by treating them with contempt and constantly violating their Allah-given fundamental human rights.

“All the noise about religious tolerance in the South West are mere political statements, sheer rhetorics and empty propaganda.

“Yoruba Muslims have never been integrated into the mainstream Yoruba society.

“These are the issues Yoruba nation activists and some South West governments are trying to run away from,” MURIC said in the statement. (vitalnewsngr.com)

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